| Knefastia lindae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Knefastia |
| Species: | K. lindae |
| Binomial name | |
| Knefastia lindae E. Petuch, 1994 | |
Knefastia lindae is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Description
The length of the shell attains 47.5 mm.
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Distribution
This extinct marine species was found in Pliocene strata of Florida, USA; age range: 3.6 to 0.781 Ma.
References
- "WMSD – Worldwide Mollusc Species Database – Knefastia lindae". bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- Petuch, Edward J. Atlas of Florida Fossil Shells:(pliocene and Pleistocene Marine Gastropods). Chicago Spectrum Press, 1994.
- B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
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